I've been away from TR's since I sold my GN in 2011, but my love for them has never really left me.
Between my Father in Law passing in late 2009, Mom passing in early 2010, and a series of life events that I'm sure many of you can relate to, sometimes life gets "in the way". Rather than let my car sit and deteriorate I chose to let her go. Now I'm in the market again, and hope to find the "right one" this time, hopefully as we finish construction at the house. Not in a rush since storage space is limited now... but I am looking.
... and while I wasn't looking I got a call last week. A buddy who buys, sells and sometimes keeps cars bought Sy 2271 and had some bizzare plans for it that I wont go into. More power to him. He offered me the drivetrain... running gear, axles, wheels, motor, trans, frame, everything. Along with that he had an S-10 Cameo pickup. (1989, I think, with all new suspension, late model 4 piston calipers, GM crate 350, etc., His intent... to swap entire Chassis' from one to the other... why? 1) because he could, 2) because he always wanted a Syclone, and 3), there was a ridiculous amount of taxes owed on the Cameo.
I couldn't NOT go look at it... that taxes weren't that out of this world... (Cameo) I had an almost crazy-er idea... put the Cameo body on the Syclone chassis and raise hell!
So I did go look at it... and I wound up with the Sy, exactly how he bought it... except he saw a bit of the cladding sticking out and he tried to fix it.. you know how that ended up... so I gotta fix that. Its original paint.... as far as I can tell.. its even been polished through on the roof. Hood has a little bit of rust (common for a Hawaii truck, especially with those miles.) It needs ALL the AC stuff since someone tore it all out... this is gonna be fun to put it all back in.
But for the money I couldn't complain.
He still has the Cameo...
Question 1: Tire size differences can I get away with it or do the tires HAVE to be the same front to rear? Is there a percentage of differential I can get away with?
Q2: AC components: I am assuming that parts from a 4.3 n/a will work, including clutch fan, radiator, etc?
Q3: Anything else I need to be aware of that is Sy/Ty specific in the ngine bay minus turbo, inter cooler, piping, hoses, etc?
Thanks
Between my Father in Law passing in late 2009, Mom passing in early 2010, and a series of life events that I'm sure many of you can relate to, sometimes life gets "in the way". Rather than let my car sit and deteriorate I chose to let her go. Now I'm in the market again, and hope to find the "right one" this time, hopefully as we finish construction at the house. Not in a rush since storage space is limited now... but I am looking.
... and while I wasn't looking I got a call last week. A buddy who buys, sells and sometimes keeps cars bought Sy 2271 and had some bizzare plans for it that I wont go into. More power to him. He offered me the drivetrain... running gear, axles, wheels, motor, trans, frame, everything. Along with that he had an S-10 Cameo pickup. (1989, I think, with all new suspension, late model 4 piston calipers, GM crate 350, etc., His intent... to swap entire Chassis' from one to the other... why? 1) because he could, 2) because he always wanted a Syclone, and 3), there was a ridiculous amount of taxes owed on the Cameo.
I couldn't NOT go look at it... that taxes weren't that out of this world... (Cameo) I had an almost crazy-er idea... put the Cameo body on the Syclone chassis and raise hell!
So I did go look at it... and I wound up with the Sy, exactly how he bought it... except he saw a bit of the cladding sticking out and he tried to fix it.. you know how that ended up... so I gotta fix that. Its original paint.... as far as I can tell.. its even been polished through on the roof. Hood has a little bit of rust (common for a Hawaii truck, especially with those miles.) It needs ALL the AC stuff since someone tore it all out... this is gonna be fun to put it all back in.
But for the money I couldn't complain.
He still has the Cameo...
Question 1: Tire size differences can I get away with it or do the tires HAVE to be the same front to rear? Is there a percentage of differential I can get away with?
Q2: AC components: I am assuming that parts from a 4.3 n/a will work, including clutch fan, radiator, etc?
Q3: Anything else I need to be aware of that is Sy/Ty specific in the ngine bay minus turbo, inter cooler, piping, hoses, etc?
Thanks
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